Ianis Zicu

Ianis Alin Zicu (born 23 October 1983) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Farul Constanța.

Ianis Zicu
Personal information
Full name Ianis Alin Zicu
Date of birth (1983-10-23) 23 October 1983
Place of birth Constanța, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Farul Constanța (manager)
Youth career
1994–1998 Farul Constanța
1998–2000 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Dinamo București 33 (9)
2002 → Poiana Câmpina (loan) 6 (4)
2002–2003 → Farul Constanța (loan) 20 (7)
2004–2007 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2004 → Parma (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2006 → Dinamo București (loan) 40 (12)
2006–2007 → Rapid București (loan) 30 (12)
2007–2010 Dinamo București 39 (5)
2010–2011 Politehnica Timișoara 30 (18)
2011 CSKA Sofia 15 (13)
2012–2013 Pohang Steelers 15 (6)
2012 → Gangwon (loan) 17 (9)
2013–2014 Gangwon 27 (6)
2014 Petrolul Ploiești 10 (0)
2014–2015 ASA Târgu Mureș 30 (5)
2015–2016 ACS Poli Timișoara 26 (4)
2016–2017 ASA Târgu Mureș 20 (5)
Total 367 (115)
National team‡
2000–2002 Romania U19 6 (3)
2002–2004 Romania U21 13 (3)
2003–2011 Romania 12 (1)
Teams managed
2019 Voluntari (youth)
2019– Farul Constanța
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2011

Club career

Dinamo București

Zicu made his Divizia A debut on 14 April 2001, at the age of 17 in a 4–2 win over Gaz Metan Mediaș. He scored his first goal in a 4–3 loss to Astra Ploiești in the 2000–01 season. However, Zicu found first-team opportunities limited, during his four years at the club he was loaned out several times to gain more experience. During his time at the club, Zicu won the Romania league titles twice in 2002 and 2004, the Romanian Cup in 2001, 2004, and 2005 and the Romanian Supercup in 2005.

Internazionale

In January 2004 Zicu joined Internazionale,[1] but club sent him immediately on a loan spell to Parma, as part of the Adriano Leite Ribeiro deal.

Loaned out

Zicu made his Serie A debut for Parma on 21 February 2004 in a 2–1 win against Sampdoria. He was loaned back to Dinamo București in January 2005. Upon his return, Zicu won his second Romanian Cup in 2005. He remained in his country on loan to Rapid București, and would become the team's leading scorer. He added 1 more domestic cup with Rapid in 2007. However, the following season he went back to Dinamo on a permanent deal.

Politehnica Timișoara

On 21 July 2010, Zicu signed a five-year contract with archrivals FC Timișoara.[2] He made his debut in the Europa League, in the second leg of the third qualifying round against MyPa. He scored the second goal in the 80th minute, MyPa were leading 3–0 at half time. Timișoara had completed an amazing comeback during the second half a stoppage-time equaliser from Marián Čišovský in the 90+2' minute gave Poli the tickets to the competition's play-offs. After the first half of the season, Zicu scored 9 times in 15 matches. He scored twice in the second half of the season against Gaz Metan Mediaș in a 3–1 win.[3] He dedicated his goals to his mother, who had died three weeks earlier of breast cancer. On 5 March 2011, Zicu netted again in a 2–1 away win against CFR Cluj at the Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium.[4] He scored again this time against Universitatea Craiova, in a 4–0 win, and then in a 2–0 victory over Victoria Brănești, becoming the Liga 1 top scorer with 18 goals.[5]

CSKA Sofia

On 16 June 2011, Zicu moved abroad to sign with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia for 3 years. On 30 July he made his competitive debut for CSKA in the Bulgarian Supercup derby match against Litex Lovech. He scored from penalty and made the result 2-1 for CSKA, afterwards the match ended 3-1 and CSKA Sofia won the Supercup for the record fourth time in their history.[6] On 28 October 2011, Zicu scored the only goal in the Eternal derby of Bulgaria to help CSKA to a 1:0 home win over Levski Sofia. He scored his first-ever hat-trick in his career on 12 November 2011, in a 3–1 home win over Minyor Pernik. Zicu finished the first half of the 2011–12 A PFG season as the top scorer in the league, having netted 13 times in total.[7]

Pohang Steelers

In late December 2011, it was revealed that Zicu had been transferred to South Korean club Pohang Steelers, signing a two-year deal with an option for a fourth year (a two-year extension) for an undisclosed fee, though media reports estimated it to be €2.3 million.[8] He made his official debut as a starter on 18 February 2012 in the 2–0 win over Thai club Chonburi FC in an AFC Champions League match and scored his first goal for the team on 11 March 2012, in the 1–1 away draw with Gwangju FC in a K-League game. He scored 6 goals in 15 appearances for Pohang Steelers and won the 2012 Korean FA Cup with them.[9] On 24 July 2012, he agreed to join the K-League rival Gangwon FC on a 6-month loan deal until the end of the 2012 season.

Gangwon FC

In January 2013, Zicu was transferred definitely to Gangwon FC, where he scored 15 goals for Gangwon FC in the K-league.[9][10]

Petrolul Ploiești

On 15 January 2014, Zicu signed a contract for one year and a half with the team from Ploiești, after Adrian Mutu signed one day before with the club. He chose to wear the number 27, the number that he wore at FC Politehnica Timișoara, when he became the top scorer of Liga I. He ended his contract after only half a season.

ASA Târgu Mureș

In July 2014, he moved to the newly promoted ASA Târgu Mureș, where he signed a contract for one season. He scored 5 goals in 30 games, helping his team to a second place in the league.[9][11]

International career

He was an under-21 international before he made his debut for the senior side in 2003. He was banned from representing his country at any level for two years in 2004.[12]

Zicu made his senior debut for Romania in a friendly with Japan on 11 October 2003.

Career statistics

Club

[13][14][15][16]

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo București 2000–01 4100000041
2001–02 162201000192
Total 203201000233
Poiana Câmpina (loan) 2001–02 6400000064
Total 6400000064
Farul Constanța (loan) 2002–03 207300000237
Total 207300000237
Dinamo București 2003–04 1363462102412
Total 1363462102412
Parma (loan) 2003–04 7000000070
2004–05 2010100040
Total 90101000110
Dinamo București (loan) 2004–05 133320000165
2005–06 2792063103612
Total 40125263105217
Rapid București (loan) 2006–07 30125580104417
Total 30125580104417
Dinamo București 2007–08 122101010152
2008–09 93200000113
2009–10 180315000261
Total 395616010526
Politehnica Timișoara 2010–11 30181031003419
Total 30181031003419
CSKA Sofia 2011–12 15131020111914
Total 15131020111914
Pohang2012156104000206
Total 156104000206
Gangwon 2012 179000000179
2013 276120020308
Total 44151200204717
Petrolul Ploiești 2013–14 100100000110
Total 100100000110
ASA Târgu Mureș 2014–15 305200000325
Total 305200000325
Poli Timișoara 2015–16 264100010284
Total 264100010284
ASA Târgu Mureș 2016–17 205000021226
Total 205000021226
Career total 3671153414376102448137

International
Romania national team
YearAppsGoals
200310
200400
200500
200610
200730
200800
200900
201010
201161
Total121

Statistics accurate as of match played on 26 September 2011[17]

International goals
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.29 March 2011Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ, Romania Luxembourg3–13–1UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying[17]

Honours

[13][14][17]

Club
Dinamo București
Rapid București
CSKA Sofia
Pohang Steelers

Individual

References
  1. "Profile of Ianis Zicu". Inter.it. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. "Zicu signed with Poli". FC Timișoara. 21 July 2010.
  3. "Poli – Gaz Metan 3-1". Politehnica Timișoara. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. "Magic Zicu". Politehnica Timişoara. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  5. "Classic Zicu became Liga 1 top scorer". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  6. "Result from the Supercup match". Scorespro. 30 July 2011.
  7. "Зику поздрави феновете си". Sport1.bg. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
  8. "Янис Зику подписа с корейския "Поханг", ЦСКА взима 2.3 милиона евро". Dnevnik.bg. 4 January 2012.
  9. "Ianis Alin Zicu match log". Soccerway. March 2012.
  10. "Ianis Zicu are motiv de bucurie: "Sunt fericit!" Transferul care îi aduce liniște românului". ProSport. 23 January 2013.
  11. "Ianis Zicu a semnat cu ASA Targu Mures". LPF. 20 July 2014.
  12. "Romanian pair axed for misconduct". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  13. Ianis Zicu at WorldFootball.net
  14. Ianis Zicu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  15. Ianis Zicu at Soccerway
  16. Ianis Zicu at FootballDatabase.eu
  17. Ianis Zicu at National-Football-Teams.com
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